Scott Yee & Erica Lizarraga 582 Port Harwick Chula Vista (619) Please remember your chairs

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1 C C f San [NET) P.O. Box San Diego, CA info@koiclubsandiego.org KCSD Web page i nfo/pveh October MEETING October 9, 2011 Scott Yee & Erica Lizarraga 582 Port Harwick Chula Vista (619) Please remember your chairs The President's Corner By Matt Rhoades in the operation of running the show. And as I do hope, that those that were present at the September General Meeting, at my place, had an enjoyable time. From my discussion about the trials and triumphs of my pond, to showing off the filtration set-up on the side tank, and Tom Ross talking on general koi-upkeep, I personally had a blast. Of course, now my side tank is sparkling clear, not like its appearance on meeting day; but that the breaks when it comes to the koi hobby. The dates for the 2012 KCSD Koi Show are Thursday, February 23, 2012 (Load truck at storage and begin to set-up), Friday, February 24, 2012 (continue set-up/start benching incoming fish in the P.M.) Saturday and Sunday, February 25 & 26, 2012 (the koi show) Sunday PM; crews will be tearing down the show). I will be calling on you to step forward and take part in helping to make the club's Silver Anniversary koi show a rousing success. I'll be handing around sign-up sheets at the meetings for you to sign up to assist in this endeavor. We need to start the process of training "new blood" for key positions always, thank you again in advance, for all you do to make each show such a super event. This fall season, I will help to drain and seine out a pool converted to a pond to see the "treasures" that await the new owner of this watery home. My understanding is the previous owner had made a breeding attempt for Hi Bekkos. Can't wait to see what's what. Then there is always my grow-out fish and getting them ready to "show their massiveness..." (And no, none of my fish have been subjected to steroids; unlike some people's fish have been accused of...) See you at the next meeting at Scott Yee and Erica Lizarraga home in Chula Vista. We will be conducting a Q & A session with a panel of knowledgeable people answering your questions (and no; I am definitely NOT, one of those individuals on the panel). So bring your questions for the panel and, of course, your chair. Until then... KEEP KOING... Koi Club of San Diego October 2011 page 1

2 Notes from the Board With the start of Fall we swing into higher gear for the upcoming annual koi show. This year will be our 25th year and deserves some sort of recognition for achievement. We have chose our show pin (it is reprinted further in this newsletter), using a lot of silver for the 25th the surrounding frame, as well as the numbers in the center. Background will be blue. We have paid the initial deposit on space at the Del Mar Fairgrounds Activity center as in years past. Now it is time for you, our membership, to start thinking seriously about how you can help out at the show loading the truck, set up, water quality, raffle ticket sales, fish handling, hospitality, chauffeuring the judges, awards, Saturday banquet, show brochure, tear down, reload the shed-- and many more ways you can help. Some jobs take only an hour or two or can be done from home, others require your presence at the show. Lists will be circulating for you to sign up to help. Please mark your calendars for February 24-26, the last weekend in February, as a chance to give back to KCSD for all the pond assistance and information you have gained. Once again we have run the "QR" code for the website. This is a direct link to us for your smart phone. We have been contacted by Daniel Gurtner whose friend is planning to move. The large koi pond has about 23 koi from 10 to 33 inches by his estimation. Please contact him if you would like to give a few of these koi a new home (619) And finally remember that next month, November, will be the finale of the grow out contest. If you purchased a small fish for the contest in 2010, catch it, bag it and bring it to the November meeting. The fish showing the most growth will win $100, Second place, $75, third $50, least growth $20. The fish will then be judged for "Grand Champion" (prize of $50) and runner up (prize of $25). And not to worry, competitors, the Pierce fish, hearing its size prediction at the Steering Committee Meeting, jumped out of the pond in hopes of finding a better home and will not be competing this year. Trying Something Different - Our October Program By Paul Atkiss, VP Programs Whether you are an everyday Koi keeper ("EKK") or experienced at showing your Koi we all 1) have a nugget of information that just might solve another members issue or problem or 2) need just one more item explained to remove some confusion. Maybe it is a little of both. Part 1 We are asking members to share their ideas with the club. Maybe you have developed a shortcut or an easy approach to maintaining your Koi and/or the pond. Please bring your ideas or maybe even an invention to share with the Club on the 9th. Last month prior to our guest speaker an impromptu discussion on the power outage made it apparent that our club members have some valuable information to share with one another. Part 2 It has been some time since the club did a panel discussion / question and answer session. Assuming we still have questions after Part 1 we will present the questions to our resident experts for their thoughts, insights and answers. Paper will be available at the registration table to submit your questions or topics for discussion to the moderator; you may also send your requests, in advance, from the club's web site "send us a comment" link to the Programs VP ( prior to the Sunday meeting date. Plus we will have a roving microphone for questions from the floor (or is it the yard). Dean Strasser will be bringing his homemade UV lamp (improved flow-rate/less head) to share and the following members are participating on the panel: Jack Chapman, Galen Hansen, Norm Meck, Kristine Peterson, Matt Rhoades, and Bob Welch. So set your DVR to record the Chargers game and please join me at the October 9th meeting; together we can learn and improve our Koi keeping skills. Koi Club of San Diego October 2011 page 2

3 SUCCESSFUL CLEANING DAY AT THE JAPANESE 3. Every grandchild will take a header into the FRIENDSHIP GARDEN pond at least once, whether you are standing by Linda Pluth aside of him or not. We had a great day Saturday, September 4. If you have an electric fence to protect your 17th at JFG cleaning the bio-filter and replacing pond you will find it with your ankles. UV lights. We had so many people come to participate I felt it was unsafe to open up the 5. If you have a rain bird water sprayer, you will particulate filter area for fear that someone would find it with your shoulders. On the coldest day fall in so please call me if anyone is still of the year. interested in seeing the entire filter system and we can make arrangements for you. We finished 6. Ugly fish live forever. the cleaning process and replacing the lights in 2 hours. The girls pretty much handled all the 7. Snails multiply fastest in the filter to clog the stomping of the open-cell foam. It was interesting pump leaf basket. to note that the gunk which is usually thick and mushy was very thin with no smell and took very 8. Your favorite fish will always be the heron's little time to clean a good case for our more favorite lunch. regular maintenance schedule! Jack was in charge of replacing the UV lights. 9. Your best Showa will change into an The real test is when the pumps are turned on uncertain Utsuri. and we wait for any leaks. No leaks the first time!! Good job!! And thanks to everyone who helped in 10. Complete water changes such as a new some way, from hauling the foam out of the pit to tank at the show will stimulate spawning. At skimming leaves out of the pond. Our thanks to the show. In public. our volunteers: Shirley Elswick, John Svelan, Paul Atkiss, Bob Welsh, Jack Chapman, Bruce Miller, 11. Every fish looks better in the dealer's tank Phyllis Spoor, John Spoor, Dean Strasser, Sandy than in your own pond. Especially if it was very Fishell, Jonathan Gonzalez, Marde Smith, Lillian expensive. Smith, Neil Matthews, Linda Pluth, Kevin Kennedy, Lew Hileman, Matt Rhoades, Tamsie 12. Everyone else has a bigger pond, a better Pierce. We look forward to cleaning the other side collection, nicer filter than you do, even if you of the filter next year. Hope you can come!! have copied them. That's all folks. 13. The $50 bargain filter works fantastically but will need a complete new plumbing job to fit your pond. Murray's laws of Koi Survival By Tamsie Pierce (aka a Murray) 14. The fish you want most at the auction comes up for sale right after you have spent all Your most expensive fish always dies, jumps of your budgeted funds and any stray cash. out of the pond, swims into the skimmer, gets sick, or brings disease into the pond and then 15. The new fish in your pond prefers your water dies. lilies to koi food. The roots. Out of the pot. Although many fish heal their wounds into scars that do not loose the original color, yours will show large white patches to disfigure the pattern. 16. ph crashes don't always happen to someone else. 17. Roots of the neighbors' trees will always find your waterfall cracks to sustain them. Koi Club of San Diego October 2011 page 3

4 Electricity 101 A talk by Tom Ross given at our September 2011 meeting after the county wide power failure two days Ohm's Law: E=IxR (Volts = Amps times Resistance) Watt's Law: P=IxE (Watts = Volts times Amps) For this calculation, Watts = Volt-Amps (VA), and Kilovolt-Amps (kva) = Watts x Reading the pump motor rating plate: Example 1 AO Smith motor on 1/8 HP Sequence (simple example): 115 V 60 Hz 1.8 A 1550 rpm => 115V x 1.8 A = 207 Watts Example 2 Baldor motor on 1/3 HP Sequence (dual voltage example): Volts: 110/ /230 Annps: 4.3/2.2/13.5/1.75 RPM: 1425/11725 Hz: => for 60 Hz, 115V x 3.5A = Watts Example 3 Lim Wave II 1/2 HP: Volts: 110/220/1115/ Amps: 5.6/2.9/15/2.6 RPM: 14251/1750 HZ: => for 60 Hz, 115V x 5A= 575 Watts Choosing a generator set: Add up a!! your anticipated lo.ack, in Watts. Choose a portable generator with a Running Load rating (not Peak Load!) higher than that total. Example Ponder X has two ponds and a QT. They are running the three pumps shown above. So, total power needed is = Watts. Requires at least 1200W continuous rating. Ponder X's Honda 2000W genset is rated at 1.6 kva = 1600 Watts, adequate plus a bit for an air pump. Outage recovery notes: Electric motors draw a lot of extra power when they start. First of all, set those filters to backwash. You don't want all that dead bacteria in the pond, and there could be some poisonous hydrogen sulfide in the filter water. Start the genset, then plug in each pump; do a quick backwash, rinse, and then restart the filter one pump at a time. Do the biggest pump first, and the smallest one last. This will reduce the chance of overloading your genset. Take your time, don't panic, the fish will be okay. Withhold all food for a few days, check ammonia and nitrite daily, and then start feeding at a reduced amount. If the ammonia starts to come up, stop feeding again until it drops. Salt to 0.15% if you see any nitrite. Remember to keep fresh fuel in your genset, and add some stabilizer to prevent fuel deterioration. Keep the required extension cords handy, along with a gallon or two of gas. And run it every few months to make sure it will start when you need it! NC11Ty41-6IcicrE9 on-11:12 clizcg4ler3 page 4

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6 D&K Aquarium a 12 d Variety Of Tropical Fish Quality Japanese Koi Pond & Aquarium Supplies Pet Supplies & Accessories 6072 University Ave. San Diego, CA (619) Et LAGUNA KOI PONDS Phone: (949) Laguna Canyon Road Laguna Beach, CA info@lagunakoi.com Fax: (949) KOHAKU 4.10 Kohaku is Koi with red pattern on white ground. It has been said that Koi keeping begins and ends with the Kohaku. Kohaku, Taisho Sanshoku and Showa Sanshoku are the most popular varieties, and they are called "Gosanke (Big 3)." Ai TAISHO SANSHOKU kie Taisho Sanshoku is Koi with relatively spotted black on Kohaku pattern. Because di...a, the variety was created in the era of Taisho in Japan, it is called "Taisho Sansho -ku." In short, it is also called "Taisho Sanke" or "Sanke." Of/ fro ait arte ' t KOROMO?' 1 Koromo has indigo netting 0110, pattern on red plate of Kohaku. HI UTSURI 31Itg Hi Utsuri has calligraphic,pattern on red ground. \ The group of varieties ',. with calligraphic pattern on one solid ground is called Utsurimono. KIN SHOWA 191,144 Kin Showa is a metallic Showa. It was made from crossing Platinum with Show. Therefore, the white shines Platinum and the red glistens. OGON k KUJYAKU 31,4: ASAG I - SHUSUI Ogon was first produced in Since then, it has contributed ta develop many varieties. Ogon belongs to the group of Hikari Muji that is varieties that have a salid metallic color. ILOgon means "Gold" )."11% English. Kujyaku is a Gin Matsuba with red pattern.the indigo blue pattern called Ai of Gin Matsuba is the most recognizable feature. Kujyaku means "Peacock" in English. entire body is indigo or bluer ach scale consists of the nettin' attern. Is the origin of Nishikig u (scale less) agi. Shusui is the su variety of KOi. HARIWAKE i) 61 PLATINUM GOSHIKI CHAGOI OCHIBASHIGURE AAA YAMATO NISHIKI k-fa Hariwake is Koi with yellow or red pattems on a Platinum background. When it is Doitsu (scale less) with red or orange pattem, it is called Kikusui.. When it is yellow, it is called Doitsu Lemon ariwake.wake. Platinum is a solid platinum color Koi. It also belongs to,hikari MO group. im Goshiki is the variety that has red pattern on Asagi und. Chagoi are brown Koi. With its huge appetite, it tends to grow big and fast. It is usually friend/y and can be a popular pet for a family. hibashigure are Koi with brown pattern on the body of Soragoi (blue-gray). Yamato Nishiki is a metallic Taisho Sanshoku. It was mad from crossing Platinum wit Taisho Sanshoku. Doitsu version of Yamato Nishiki is called Heisei Ni

7 KOI CLUB OFFICERS President- Matt Rhoades -- (619) Vice President Program Paul Atkiss (858) Vice President Venue Bob Welsh (619) Secretary Phyllis Spoor (858) Treasurer Al Pierce (619) Show Chairman 2011 Matt Rhoades (619) Webmaster Sig Porter --(858) Membership Tamsie Pierce (619) Publicity Steve Drake (760) Newsletter Tamsie Pierce -- (619) Members at Large Norm Meck --(858) Roger Phillips (858) Cindy Graham (760) Galen Hansen (619) Linda Pluth (619) Shirley Elswick (619) UPCOMING EVENTS 2011 October 9 Scott Yee & Erica Lizarraga 582 Port Harwick Chula Vista, (619) November 13 General Meeting Mission Hills- December 11 General Meeting -Del Mar 2012 January 8 General Meeting Santee February Show March 11 General Meeting April 1 General Meeting May 5 Friends of Koi Auction May 20 General Meeting Ramona June 10- General Meeting July 8 General Meeting August 12- General Meeting Point Loma September 9 General Meeting October 14- General Meeting November 11 General Meeting December 9 General Meeting HELP LINE Having a problem with your fish? Don't know where to turn? Who 'ya gonna' call? WATER QUALITY Norm Meck (858) KOI DISEASE Jack Chapman (619) PROGRAM SUGGESTIONS Paul Atkiss (858) TO HOST A MEETING Bob Welsh (619) FRIENDSHIP GARDEN FILTER COORDINATOR Linda Pluth (619) AKCA Rep Kristine Peterson ( KCSD TREASURER'S REPORT Beginning balance September 2011 $ Income September Expenses September Beginning Balance October 2011 $ The September meeting drawing was $ PLEASE WELCOME New and renewing members: Joey Landford Lew Hileman Matthew Hileman Sherry Hileman Cheryl Hileman Kevin Kennedy Chet Tussey Bem Dadbeh Fay Dadbeh Radha Sharma Prem Notani-Sharma Noonie Benford Bill Thompson Lori Thompson Sam Seat Terri Seat Lisa Brusseau Scott Brusseau Bonnie McIlvaine Koi Club of San Diego October 2011 page 7

8 Koi Club of San Diego P.O. Box San Diego, CA NEXT MEETING SUNDAY, October 9, 2011 JaVi Where: Scott Yee & Erica Lizarraga 582 Port Harwick Chula Vista (619) When: 1:00 Gathering Time 1:30 General Meeting Program: Q & A / Panel Discussion C64, From San Diego I -805 South to East H Street. Head east past Otay Lakes to Eastlake Drive. Turn left (heading North). At T intersection, turn left again on Hillside Drive and follow loop to second left Port Trinity. Turn right at end (Port Harwick.) House is on left before next intersection (Gamay Terrace). g Eo66* F 6 Okde can 6ti Please use the drive for drop-off only and remember your chairs, St "er 1., CA. bh, 0, L ake snot. '''S C Koi Club of San Diego -- October 2011 page 8